South Africa - Forest area

Forest area (sq. km)

The value for Forest area (sq. km) in South Africa was 170,501 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 181,421 in 1990 and a minimum value of 170,501 in 2020.

Definition: Forest area is land under natural or planted stands of trees of at least 5 meters in situ, whether productive or not, and excludes tree stands in agricultural production systems (for example, in fruit plantations and agroforestry systems) and trees in urban parks and gardens.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

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1990 181,421
1991 181,057
1992 180,693
1993 180,329
1994 179,965
1995 179,601
1996 179,237
1997 178,873
1998 178,509
1999 178,145
2000 177,781
2001 177,417
2002 177,053
2003 176,689
2004 176,325
2005 175,961
2006 175,597
2007 175,233
2008 174,869
2009 174,505
2010 174,141
2011 173,777
2012 173,413
2013 173,049
2014 172,685
2015 172,321
2016 171,957
2017 171,593
2018 171,229
2019 170,865
2020 170,501

Forest area (% of land area)

Forest area (% of land area) in South Africa was 14.06 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 30 years was 14.96 in 1990, while its lowest value was 14.06 in 2020.

Definition: Forest area is land under natural or planted stands of trees of at least 5 meters in situ, whether productive or not, and excludes tree stands in agricultural production systems (for example, in fruit plantations and agroforestry systems) and trees in urban parks and gardens.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

See also:

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1990 14.96
1991 14.93
1992 14.90
1993 14.87
1994 14.84
1995 14.81
1996 14.78
1997 14.75
1998 14.72
1999 14.69
2000 14.66
2001 14.63
2002 14.60
2003 14.57
2004 14.54
2005 14.51
2006 14.48
2007 14.45
2008 14.42
2009 14.39
2010 14.36
2011 14.33
2012 14.30
2013 14.27
2014 14.24
2015 14.21
2016 14.18
2017 14.15
2018 14.12
2019 14.09
2020 14.06

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use